Building life-long learning capacity in undergraduate nursing freshmen within an integrative and small group learning context

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1184-1191

  Chiang, Vico C L ^a   Leung, Sharron S K ^b   Chui, Caroline Y Y ^c   Leung, Angela Y M ^b   Mak, Y W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Hong Kong Baptist Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Group process; Nursing students; Problem based learning; Small group learning; Thinking

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING EDUCATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-ASSESSMENT; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884129971     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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